Evening Edition: Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The day's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     The Caldor Fire burns near South Lake Tahoe on Sept. 1. (Stuart Palley for The Post) Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer The Washington Post analysis examined severe storms, fires, hurricanes, coastal storms and floods. In addition, the Post found that 64 percent of Americans live in places that experienced a multi-day heat wave in the past three months. By Sarah Kaplan and Andrew Ba Tran ●  Read more »   Burying power lines isn't the only way to weatherproof the grid. Scientists have other ideas. By Dalvin Brown ●  Read more »   Consulting, corporate boards, speaking fees: How U.S. generals thrived after Afghanistan By Isaac Stanley-Becker ●  Read more »   Why America has 8.4 million unemployed when there are 10 million job openings By Heather Long, Alyssa Fowers and Andrew Van Dam ●  Read more »   Corporate America, critical of voting bills, remains largely silent on Texas abortion ban By Todd C. Frankel and Jena McGregor ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan, divided over Trump, see different futures for the Republican Party @PKCapitol | Analysis ●  By Paul Kane ●  Read more »   Willard Scott, 'Today' show weatherman and resident merrymaker, dies at 87 By Bob Levey ●  Read more »   Should the Fed chair be replaced? Biden administration faces politically fraught choice. By Rachel Siegel ●  Read more »   The Kennedy Center is turning 50. It can no longer be a cultural island. By Philip Kennicott ●  Read more »   The summer before 9/11: Freewheeling, foreboding, then the fall By Dan Zak and Ellen McCarthy ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Residents in Ida-battered southeastern Louisiana brace for weeks without power By Derek Hawkins and Ashley Cusick ●  Read more »   As the effects of climate change become severe, more people than ever may experience mental health challenges By Camille Baker ●  Read more »   Jan. 6 committee leaders blast McCarthy's 'baseless' claim about Trump's innocence By Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   Red Sox outbreak serves as reminder of how covid could affect October By Chelsea Janes ●  Read more »   After U.S. Open defeat, a tearful Naomi Osaka considering taking a break from tennis By Liz Clarke ●  Read more »   Pete and Chasten Buttigieg share first photo of new babies By Amy B Wang ●  Read more »   Telemedicine — a boon for many in the pandemic — threatened with cutbacks By Trisha Pasricha ●  Read more »   6 tasty vegetarian mains that will get you fired up to grill Voraciously ●  By Kari Sonde ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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